It receives dopaminergic innervations from ventral tegment area and SNc, and noradrenergic and serotonergic innervations from the locus ceruleus (LC) and dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), respectively.
腹额叶皮层主要接受来腹被盖区(ventral tegmental area,VTA)和SNc的DA能神经纤维投射,以及来蓝斑的去甲上腺素(noradrenaline,NA)能和中缝背核的5-HT能神经纤维投射。